First-Hand Report: CS Enrollment Plateaus at One University Amid the AI Boom
menhguin · x · 2026-09-07
A university insider reports CS enrollment has plateaued at their school. While some cooling could have happened counterfactually after a huge boom, the trend is still striking amid the AI wave — and it kicked off a debate on the value of CS degrees.
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